Action, Spectacle - Comics & Visual Art

Action, Spectacle is a progressive bi-annual magazine of arts and culture. Our staff and Guest Editors--like Rick Moody, Vu Tran, CA Conrad, Rae Armantrout, Dana Levin, Phillip Lopate, Carl Phillips, Kimiko Hahn, Laura Sims, Cindy Arrieu-King, Bianca Stone, Juliana Spahr, D.A. Powell, Matthea Harvey, Amy Lawless, Simone Muench, Joshua Clover, Jason Koo, and others--select submitted work.

We read general submissions year round, and response time is 1 to 4 months, or less. We have no aesthetic, stylistic or theoretical allegiances or mission. Please submit only once per issue. 

All submissions should be in English and previously unpublished online and/or in the United States and Canada. Simultaneous submissions are also absolutely fine as long as we are notified immediately if the manuscript is accepted for publication elsewhere. Cover letters are not necessary, but be sure to include e-mail contact information. We cannot offer payment for published work.

Below are the file types and sizes that are supported.

AUDIO

MP3, WAV, FLAC, M4A, WMA, AAC, AIF, AIFF ---   file size limits:  50MB. No. of channels: 1 (mono) or 2 (stereo) 

~~or WAV, FLAC, M4A (Apple Lossless) & MP3 --- file size limits:  360MB

IMAGES

JPG, PNG, GIF, JPEG, JPE, JFIF, BMP, HEIC, HEIF, TIFF, TIF and WEBP

Notes: Animated   WEBP images currently not supported and convert to static images.

Flash files (.SWF) are supported but they must be added to your site using the Flash element.

file size limits:  25MB

VIDEOS

AVI, MPEG, MPG, MPE, MP4, MKV, WebM, MOV, OGV, VOB, M4V, 3GP, DivX, XVID, MXF, WMV, M1V, FLV, M2TS

file size limits:  1000MB.  Recommended resolution 1920 x 1080px